Ranking the Albums: Blood Ceremony 

My advice: If you've never heard of this band, give them a fighting chance. You might be surprised.

I do Pete, I'm 63 brother and I love discovering new bands from your show.I love the old bands too but the thirst for new and different music drives me.I watch almost all of these so don't feel discouraged, and for petes sake don't stop.

I’ve discovered countless bands that I’ve never heard of through ranking the albums. Absolutely my favorite series on the channel. The Captain gives ranking the albums his highest recommendation. Cheers

Love the PSA message / Rant from Jamie complete with props and stats. Please dont stop ranking all these awesome underground bands.

Favorite post 2000 band. This one is easy for me 1. The Old Ways Remain 2. The Eldritch Dark 3. Living with the Ancients 4. Blood Ceremony 5. Lord of Misrule Now if only they played more shows

I readily admit that SOT was the solution for this type of thinking in my life. Always dug classic rock and 70s hard rock, but readily dismissed anything modern just because it was modern. I never had anyone whose recommendation I could trust, but Pete's enthusiasm and knowledge helped me discover the value of giving new music a chance. From a quick listen to Blood Ceremony, they sound like a band that really appeals to my taste and will become a new favorite. Thanks gentlemen.

I love watching the Ranking The Albums episodes as it gives me a starting point in finding new bands. This channel is alone in its promotion of new and obscure bands, reviewed by knowledgeable and engaging host and panelists. The best channel on RU-vid, keep fighting the good fight, even if it seems like you are preaching to the choir!

Great band. Buy them all. Lord of Misrule is my favorite. Lyrics, arrangements, dynamics and riffs are all well crafted and purposeful. Don’t sleep on this band.

There really is no excuse not to check out new bands. I was a teenager in the 80’s and I have bought far more new music than old every year for many years now. Tons of that due to the legendary Pete Pardo and SoT.

Fantastic band!! Got everything the released 🤘Thank you so much for the shout out Jamie and Pete 🙏🙏🙏

I watch all the SOT shows to learn about new bands,.I am 70 and listen to tons of new music and a lot of it I get to know about on here. Two examples are Khemmis and Gandalf's Fist, I now have all their albums and love them. You are certainly appreciated by me. Thanks lads.. PS How about a Ranking The Albums of The Devil's Blood, I don't think you have already done one ?

I love the older bands it's what I grew up on but I've definitely broadened my listening because of this channel and that's why I love it. They love the classic stuff as much as I do but obviously cant listen to that all the time. Thank you guys for all that you do

"Ipsissimus" was also the highest grade in the 19th century English Rosicrucian fraternity Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and one of its successor organizations, Aleister Crowley's A.'A.'. I interpret this song as being about Crowley (who had gained notoriety not only within occult circles, but also with the general public). Same with "Oliver Haddo", which was originally the antagonist in W. Somerset Maugham's novel "The Magician", which was a satirical version of Crowley, whom Maugham knew through his membership in the Golden Dawn lodge. Crowley eventually published a critique of the novel in Vanity Fair under the pen name "Oliver Haddo". As for my ranking: 1. Lord of Misrule 2. Living With The Ancients 3. The Eldritch Dark 4. The Old Ways Remain 5. Blood Ceremony There's not much separating these albums for me, and this ranking could always change. I suspect the new one could easily move up the more I listen to it; it's a new purchase and I've only had the chance to listen to it a couple of times. They also did a banging cover of Iron Claw's "Loving You" some years back that was released as a single and is definitely worth checking out.

It's sad that lots of viewers are stuck in their ways and only interested in the legacy bands. I got to admit I was one of those who used to steer clear of new bands for the longest time, but since I discovered Sea of Tranquility two years ago I have been checking out the new bands or bands that have come along in the last twenty years that have been championed by the channel. I've discovered a lot more Prog and have really dived into a lot of the Stoner bands too, which I only listened to fleetingly before. Appreciate this channel for getting me out of my musical comfort zone and proving me wrong about rock in the 21st century not having a lot going for it because it does.

Pete watching your series favorite female vocalists a few months ago...listened to them for the first time... LOVE THEM!

My absolute favorite band of the past 15 years. I can't stop hassling people about listening to Blood Ceremony. Not a bad album in their discography. Great ability to place the right songs in the right order, elevating what is already wonderful material. Without further ado, my rankings..... 1. The Eldritch Dark-(perfectly balanced, over before you know it and you wanna start it right back up) 2. Blood Ceremony-(gets the nod over #3 because it contains my fav BC song "The Rare Lord") 3. Living With the Ancients-(amazing album, could easily be #1 on this list) 4. The Old Ways Remain-(well worth the wait, contains "Hecate" the first BC song I genuinely dislike) 5. Lord of Misrule-(Initially a slight disappointment, grew on me slowy and heavily. Love it!) I wholeheartedly agree with the statement that these albums could all be ranked 1a, 1b, 1c, etc...

We'll get there eventually. For me rankings of bands I don't know is like hearing people talk about their dreams, there's no hook for me, it's just stuff. But when you discuss bands in other areas of the channel, where there's a bit of context, that's what gets me. I'd never heard of BC until they came up in one of your discussions (Squares I think), and that piqued my interest and now I'm here. As for reviews, I only pay attention to reviews of albums I own, I know that's weird, but that's me. So I'd say look at it the other way, instead of "just" 2K views see you entertained and informed 2K people with a couple hours work. You cover a lot of music across a huge spectrum, way wider than my spectrum and I'm kinda crazy. So you're pretty much outside the wheelhouse of most of your audience most of the time. And that's OK. It makes your channel fun.

Pete, you and your colleagues do a wonderful job, you guys and ladies work hard sharing your love of music and offering suggestions for new music/bands. Unfortunately too many people are closed minded and don’t want to give anyone a fighting chance. Thanks again for all that u do.

Very good episode. I always have to watch a day or so after an episode premieres due to the fact that RU-vid does not generate closed-caption when a show premieres live. I often go to the playlist to watch old stuff, just to have the CC due to a hearing loss that I was born with and made worse by many years of loud music. As for Blood Ceremony, I have streamed before, but after watching this episode, I will definitely be buying CDs. I have to say that Jamie is really good as a co-panelist for this. Great insight by both of you.

Its always great to find new bands/music, I heard "The Devils Widow" on Planet Rock radio a few months ago and I was hooked, I've since bought all of the catalogue except for Living with the Ancients which is currently £20 second hand I'll have to wait until the price drops.

1 Ancients 2 Old Ways 3 Misrule 4 Eldritch 5 Blood Ceremony I love this band! Soo glad to see you guys cover them!

when this episode was announced i did check out a couple songs because the description sounded interesting and i have to say i really like what i heard and will check out more of them.

Very cool band! I only have the self titled album and "Lords of Misrule", but I’m getting the rest after watching this show. And I totally agree, I’ve discovered so many new and interesting bands through this channel. I would have been bored a long time ago if you only talked about Priest, Maiden, Sabbath, Yes, Genesis and so on. Keep up the good work!

These are the best, wish you had all the rank your albums in your playlists, maybe then people will check them out cause i had to go through all your videos to find these

I paused, opened a second browser window, and think I've just found my new favourite band! Haha. The Devil's Widow is an amazing song.

Pete drops videos daily. I’m subscribed to around 200 channels I think. I watch RU-vid about an hour or two a week. This channel is the one I probably watch the most. But I watch videos that I’m interested in, and usually because I’m searching for a band I want to hear some opinions about. I’ve got some 700 plus subscribers and when I dropped a video about Queen, I got 60 views. An obscure Canadian band from the seventies? 30 views. A thrash metal video? 700 views after four years. I rarely get views over 1,000. But I don’t care because I know there are thousands and thousands of people doing these kinds of videos. Pete has one of the highest numbers of subscribers and highest views of anybody I subscribe to. Don’t complain!

I think both new release day and ranking the albums are vital components here- regardless of how many viewers there are, and important for smaller/newer bands and those of us not just stuck in 1971-76 etc. I will quote one band from each category. Ne Obliviscaris, Elder. Ne, I was kind of aware of but hadn't checked out as extreme/death metal not really my thing and something I have to be in the mood for. Based on the recent Exul review, I got a ticket for them at Slay, Glasgow. Loved them! Bought some merch, but just as importantly, opened me up to two other bands Persefone from Andorra and the young Italian proggy/jazz fusion instrumental trio Asymmetric Universe- both fantastic. Elder are also playing this same venue later in the year, and I will be there due to discovering them on this channel. The good you do measures far beyond individual show views!

You have sold me more cd's than I can count. Just ordered some Blood Ceremony!

I have two from Blood Ceremony and will be getting the rest to round out the catalog. Great band!

I really like Blood Ceremony this shall be fun

Totally agree, criminally underrated band! Seeing them live was still one of my favorite concerts…they just sounded perfect and were completely “on”.

Sampled the albums and order the newest one right away. Will dig deeper in the coming weeks. By the way, maybe should look into Spidergawd from Norway. They started out as a Offshoot from Motorpsycho. Cool 70ies/Stoner with occasional Sax-Parts. I think you would dig it Pete and Jamie too.

The latest The Old Ways Remain is a great album where Id say you could add the influence of Bubble Puppy to the mix.

Blood Ceremony is one of my fave new bands of the past 15 years. Thank you.

I am so happy that you expose new(er) bands....I learn from you about these new bands....BLOOD CEREMONY IS ONE OF THEM!!!!....Keep on turning us on to new music Pete....I LOVE IT AND I THANK YOU!!!!!

Thanks for another great ranking show. The only two albums I have from them are "Living With The Ancients" and "The Eldritch Dark". Think they`re both really good.

Been a Blood Ceremony fan from day 1! this was tough because every album holds great memories and listening to these all week really took me back. and I love the new album! I have listened to it the most recently... well here we go... 5. Blood Ceremony 4. The Eldritch Dark 3. The Old Ways Remain 2. Living With The Ancients 1. Lord Of Misrule

I've tried, but few people are ever guilted into listening to new music. I truly don't relate to people who stop, because I can't ever imagine not discovering new bands. The RIYL Tull/Purple/Sabbath tactic on shows featuring that content might be your best bet to promote these videos. I was a bit worried because Alia finished her PH.D. and got a full time job, and it could have been the end of the band. Thankfully she made the time and I like the newest one best so far! 1. The Old Ways Remain 2. Lord Of Misrule 3. The Eldritch Dark 4. Living With The Ancients 5. Blood Ceremony

I love the ranking the album shows. I have learned about so much music I never would have even heard about.

Absolutely love this band. Blood Ceremony does not disappoint. If you haven't already, you should rank Dalriada's discography.

It’s great to discover that there is great music being made by new, young bands (it’s just harder to find than it used to be) but maybe I love Blood Ceremony because they sound like a classic 70s band.

I Love Monster Magnet too! can' wait for that ranking! time to brush up! lol

You had me with Tull/Sabbath/Purple/Heep-like. I will check it out.

I love Blood Ceremony!!! She is so talented and has a PhD in ethnomusicology…

Great show gents a very difficult band to rank as all the albums are so strong... my ranking for today:- 5.Lord of Misrule 4.The Eldritch Dark 3.Blood Ceremony 2. The Old Ways Remain 1. Living with the Ancients

I love watching you on the new bands. It costs me a fortune though 😂

Jaime i do exactly what u said and have picked up on alotta good stuff so pls keep going ..screw all the narrow minded..my tx to u pete and everybody on the channel

I'm with you! I write classical, orchestrated music, but I grew up on 60's- 70's rock and prog. Even not knowing some of the bands you talk about, I find your shows enjoyable and informative and sometimes pick up on new bands. So, Thank you!

I started watching the channel right in the worst of Coronatime, and during those months I think I watched most of the ranking videos of the "big" bands. Its' cool that you did them, and I enjoyed not only hearing your opinion, but learning a little about some of the areas of bands and artists' discographies that I hadn't really delved into (usually the later material). But I'm here to discover stuff that's new to me. it could be old bands, it could be new bands. But stuff that's new to *me*. Sure, there may be fewer people watching the videos about lesser known bands, but I know I'm not the only one. I think statistics on youtube can be a little maddening sometimes. Probably a lot of people come to the channel "by accident" just because of a Black Sabbath video or something. Those guys, maybe most of them don't subscribe, so they seldom end up coming back. I think many of the people who subscribe are also here for stuff that's new to them. I could be wrong of course, but it seems reasonable.

Thanks to Jamie and Pete for this album ranking episode. Like Jamie and Pete, difficult to understand why these Ranking the Albums episodes do not attract more attention. Another band completely off my radar until now. Listening to the most recent album first and definitely going to put the catalogue on the listening list. Liked what I heard and probably going to the top choice for both of you. Only sorry that that Jamie's signs didn't make the thumbnail view for the video. Thanks, guys, for the thorough discussion of this band. The personal Jethro Tull attraction alone was enough to grab my interest. Thanks again.

I only discovered this band on Saturday but love them and have binged their albums. The latest album is very cool but The Eldritch Dark is the one I completely fell for.

SoT is my must watch channel. You are an invaluable resource. I listen to Pete's-whatever the Monthly topic is-album, and I'm revisiting or getting acquainted with classic bands. And the panel shows? Fuggedaboutit! Do you have any clue how many Playlists I have Titled "Prog Seat ****"? Or "Pete xxxx' or "Funhouse xxxX" --I've been really into New England thanks to Martin (D.D.T., hee hee hee). Not to mention UK Connection Like Jamie said, I don't get to talk music very often, SoT, in all of its various incarnations fills that gap. I will be listening to this band on my bike ride tonight. SoT is my primary resource for classic, new, and tragically under-appreciated music. I very sincerely Thank You!

Thanks for introducing me to this band. You have sent me down numerous rabbit holes in the last year.

Thanks to Pete for shining light on the self-titled debut a while back and reviewing 'The Old Ways Remain' recently. I have spent the day listening to the whole catalog, and what a great band! My newb ranking is: 1. Living With the Ancients 2. Blood Ceremony 3. The Eldritch Dark 4. Lord of Misrule 5. The Old Ways Remain

Thanks for this video! Great rant at the beginning too. Always wanted to start with Blood Ceremony but did not know where, I´ll investigate them as soon as I finished Electric Wizards discography once again. I often listen to Black, Death or Heavy Metal and Prog too but these past few days I´ve been into Doom , Stoner and adjacent heavy music once again

Good one. I only recently got into Blood Ceremony, and it was due to Pete reviewing their latest release. I also have Pete to thank for introducing me to my current favorite band, King Buffalo. Don't sleep on the reviews, people!

I've just subscribed even if been watching Pete and assorted crew guests for a while. In regards to people don't giving a fuss about bands they don't know - the realisation mankind is sheepish and not a lot of free thinkers, they abide to Conformity and to what TV and Radio dictates. My journey started in the 90s with Metal (extreme up to classic) and tape trading in the Global Underground (full of rare gems of ingenuity). It quickly evolved to 70s and 80s prog and hardrock, other styles: postpunk, gothrock, psychrock, psychobilly, darkfolk, industrial, noise-experimental, synthpop, ebm, etc. As you could say about punani... too many bands too little time. In regards to Blood Ceremony, would be great to have a show about this Coven (and others) inspired scene: B.Ceremony, The Devil's Blood, Jex Thoth, Faetooth and other occult rockers I now forget to recollect. Cheers from LVXitania via Albion

One possible issue might be that people have stopped searching. In general. I bet highest percentage of people only watch whatever pops up in the home page tab. Only really interested and dedicated people actually go to the channel and search for content. Which is a shame, really. Anyway, as for Blood Ceremony, astonishing band. In all honesty, I haven't yet listened to all their albums, so I won't be doing any ranking. Just want to say that these guys are phenomenal, one of the finest younger bands on the scene. I absolutely worship their latest album, though the debut is still my favorite. :)

My rank: 1 The Eldritch Dark 2 Living with the Ancients 3 Blood Ceremony 4 The Old Ways Remain 5 Lord of Misrule Brilliant band!

Thanks for highlighing and introducing this band Pete and Jaimie. When you discussed them a few weeks ago I was hooked, and the curse of the collector had me order all 5 - still deciding my own ranking, but leaning heavily toward The old ways remain as the #1. Suggestions on future in PROG band album rankings This Winter Machine Pineapple Thief The Windmill Airbag No Sound No man Phideaux The Tangent Mostly Autumn Frequency Drift Crippled black Phoenix Bjorn Riis Lee Abraham Wally Then some classic rock, blues rock, Savoy Brown Head East Bob Seger J geils band Al Stewart Rod Stewart Marshall Tucker Band Roy Buchanan The Waterboys Van Morrison Canned heat The stone coyotes Jazz and horn rock If Ides of March Lighthouse Tean wheel drive Mandrill David sanctions How about a show on rarer psychedelic rock ?

Great ranking video guys! I discovered Blood Ceremony on a sampler album called `Death From Above` issued by Classic Rock music magazine in 2011. It was a great sampler which also included Ghost and Electric Wizard amongst others. I have bought but haven`t as yet played the new album. `Living With the Ancients` is also my favourite. `The Great God Pan` is such a pagan/occult epic and is always on my Halloween playlist each year.

Rarely do I watch anything live. It's always a few hours passed or a few days. I always give a thumbs up. Sometimes I leave a comment. I'm a late bloomer to most social media. But I thrive on your new music and ranking shows. I agree we can't listen to our favorites all the time. I'm glad there is new and current music out there today. Because you don't get anything on the radio. I bought most if not all the discography of these bands .downpour, Dead city ruins, wo Fat, kadavar, Budgie and so much more. And love your It's about the FUZZ show 🤗

Well, I'm one the 2% then I guess.... lol. I always check out the reviews and the album rankings. Especially when I don't know the band. I checked out Windhand (ok, but not really my thing) and I'll check out Blood Ceremony too. I like Wucan, maybe I'll like them too.

I’ve only just heard of this band and I love them. The Eldritch Dark is a classic for me.

I listened to the band and watched the video. I earned these 12 beers. Cheers, Jamie & Pete 🍻

I can't agree more about checking out new music! Even new-to-you-but-old music is so great! Go to your record store or online and chat with others, there's so much great stuff out there to learn about! Even as an example, this is a new band for me aside from some of the other SoT videos on here but I've certainly made them a regular rotation for some of my streaming lists.

great show, guys. it's very helpful for a new fan. been listening to the old ways remain quite a bit. nice flute-work eh? ~

Just bought their first 2 albums.

Jamie is such a fun character! The intro was brilliant!

I discovered this group early on.. maybe within a year of the debut. My take is that the songcraft is strong throughout their catalog and the mixes have gotten better with each release.. so, ranking them is tough. Today I’d say.. 1.Ancients 2.Misrule 3.Old Ways 4.Blood Ceremony 5.Eldritch Dark Favorite songs: Oliver Haddo, The Rogues Lot, and Bonfires on the latest record.. the end of the song is so cool and wild.

I come to ‘ranking the albums’ to hear you (as someone I consider and expert) talk about bands or albums I don’t know.

I hear a little bit of Fairport Convention on the early stuff, Not all music is for everybody. I lost a friend once because he told me that Miles Davis was noise and I asked him what's you favorite band and I said they suck too.

Great intro by Jamie with his advanced statistics !

I love these rankings even I don’t like the band or even the genre. It's all art, and art can be appreciated even if not liked. I especially like when you have one or more guests, where we can compare your rankings.

Lots of references to Sabbath meets Jethro Tull, but let me add into the mix the vocal style of Sonja Kristina (Curved Air).

Already surpassed Jaime’s estimate!!!

I've been homeless and in jail I watch the one's on the newer bands that sound interesting to me. I also go back and watch old episodes. Does that make me the exception of the rule? I've found so much new and old music in the last year or so of watching. I'm going to start dropping in on the live chats when you do another all about the fuzz next month. Came back to edit because I just listened to The Eldridge Dark album and like most of the new stuff I enjoyed the shit of that album while weeding my garden in the July heat. Going to check out another one.

This is how I get into new music. Thanks, can you do daily texting to my phone

1) The Eldritch Dark 2) Lord of Misrule 3) Blood Ceremony 4) The Old Ways Remain 5) Living with the Ancients

Great band, dig the latest , i wish they do proper U.S. tour maybe as Ghost opener wishing. Saw them years back at Doomed & Stoned fest in Chicago , they were tight.

Their first album was very musically dense and took a long time for me to get into. It had an old sounding production like it really could have been from the 70s. At the time it seemed to go with other bands doing a similar thing like Witchcraft and Graveyard. Although it was recommended to me because I liked Jex Thoth who's debut came out earlier the same year '08 if my memory is correct. I was surprised when I heard the follow up album and suddenly they were all modern and heavy sounding! My favourite album though would have to be Lord of Misrule because I like the vocals on that one, she sounds different to the earlier records. Haven't heard The Old Ways Remain yet, but after seven years it will be interesting particularly if it's different. Rosalie Cunningham ex of Purson has gone all mellow and 60s now so maybe they have done the same. I seem to remember Lord of Misrule had some really different early 60s sounding song it which always catches me off guard when I hear it.

Shades of Wile E. Coyote props! Haven't heard band yet, but danceable doom very intriguing so will investigate band and possibility of acquiring a reptile gong.

Maybe i schould dive deeper in their catalogue.

You guys make a cool team.

I'm very familiar with Blood Ceremony. They're from my home town and my old band used to play with them quite a bit in the early days of the band. I enjoy their records a great deal, but I enjoy them much more live. They just sound so much heavier and more impactful on stage these days. I do like the last couple of albums but I think a part of me was still hoping they would go *heavier*. Oh well, it's totally cool either way. nice to see Living with the Agents as both your first picks. Not sure why it is but I always felt that album was a little bit left behind in their discography, and I think it's also my favourite. Luckily they still play "Oliver Haddo" live every time!

Honestly, I didn't know Jamie was into this kind of music. Cool !

Great band. Love all the albums Another female vocal fronted band in same genre is black moth from uk Check out anatomical venus album from 2018

some of the new bands pete reviews are not for me but some are superb.thats from an old 64 year old rocker.

I don't know the rest, but I'm watching this precisely because I don't know the band. Thanks! 🍺🤘

Newer Bands?? Been rocking Eclipse for years. Killer melodic hard rock band!

This band doesn’t get enough press and interviews. How about having them on your show for an interview with the whole band?

Hey Pete Hey Jamie great band not quite as heavy on the last one haven't heard the new one yet Thanks

Great video on YT of "Lord of Misrule".

Well you can't blame people for not wanting to check out music that they don't like. When you are talking about your southern rock band. I am not going to watch it because I don't like that style of music and not interested in spending my time watching something like that . But I do agree a lot of people are missing out on checking out "new" bands that they probably would like within the genre they usually enjoy. But most people like to "keep it simple stupid" and that's never going to change so be happy about the few of us that want to check out new stuff . *Rant over* 😊

I’m obviously not a content creator, and I won’t pretend to be, but what about doing a little more to promote upcoming rankings and whatnot. I know you always mention them at the end of videos, but I usually catch your stuff during the week on lunch breaks and whatnot when I don’t have the time to watch the whole thing. Maybe make a short video letting everyone know what’s coming up or promote the stuff a little more in the beginning of videos. I’m subscribed, but this episode just kind of came up out of nowhere. I think some would love to know in advance so they could kind of brush up on these bands beforehand. Idk just spitballing.

I remember this band from early on... they lost favor with the online Hellride music store/forums when they were supposed to have signed with Shadow Kingdom Records but instead got picked up by Rise Above! ha. Well, here goes my unpopular opinion ...Screw all of that progressive bullshit (that only means LESS heavy) the first two records are _KILLER_ ...beyond that, however, I can take em or leave em. It's not that I dislike their subsequent records, but that material doesn't have the same niche appeal for me. But _that's_ precisely why they became a slightly better known/popular band - aside from being female fronted - because there's a considerably broader/larger demographic of people who will love their later stuff but probably never listen to the self-titled, if ya follow. This whole retro rock-psychedelic-stoner rock doom LIGHT-fuzzy-garage blues rock stuff (95% of the material one finds in Bandcamp's Doom Metal section lol) plays HUGE because it isn't as heavy and weird as pure Doom Metal, which is like the 1%'ers of the heavy metal crowd. Anyway... 'nuff of my ranting. Blood Ceremony is a lotta fun. My daughter keeps up on all of their releases. Again though, for me, it's all about their first two records.

Sigh have had sax for a long time.

Master of confusion always reminds me of soon Eloy

Anyone know where to buy vinyl? eBay had nothing

Instead of doing several re-rating show, how about a single show about those albums who have highly risen or deeply dropped in your ratings after you rated them.